Dottie Sandusky walks into the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., with her husband, Jerry, left, and Sheriff Denny Nau on April 5 for a hearing. / Nabil K. Mark, AP

by Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY

by Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY

Jerry Sandusky's wife, Dottie, wrote a letter to a judge before her husband's sentencing in a child sex abuse scandal, and she criticized the detractors of the former Penn State assistant coach, ABC News reports.

Among those she criticized was the couple's adopted son, Matt, the news organization reports.

"As far as our son Matt goes, people need to know what kind of person he is," ABC reports Dottie Sandusky wrote to Judge John Cleland.

Matt Sandusky, one of six adopted by the couple, told prosecutors that his father had molested him as a child, according to ABC.

Dottie Sandusky wrote that her adoptive son was bipolar, has been in trouble many times with the law and stolen money from the family, ABC News reported.

"We have forgiven him many times for all he has done to our family thinking that he was changing his life, but he would always go back to his stealing and lies," ABC reports the letter reads.

Dottie Sandusky's letter was written as part of an appeal for leniency for her 68-year-old husband, sentenced this week to 30 to 60 years in prison for molesting 10 boys, ABC reports.